Triple Eight has been Holden's sole factory team since 2017 when it ended a 26-year partnership with Walkinshaw Racing. By submitting above you agree to the Speedcafe.com Privacy Policy. Key meetings to decide the shape of the sport’s next set of regulations are currently being held, with cost savings reportedly at the top of the agenda. Holden renew Supercars commitment to 2021, COVID-19 halts Courtney's Supercars plans, Supercars season can run into 2021: Skaife, Red Bull claim Supercars poles at Aust GP, Walkinshaw nixes Courtney Supercars return, Supercars champ set for more IndyCar races, McLaughlin enjoys early Supercars success, McLaughlin spoils Holden's Supercars party, Whincup dedicates Supercars win to Holden. It will, however, present logistical challenges for the teams in the V8 Supercars championship, as the 2021 season could start as quickly as three weeks after 2020’s final race. "The Red Bull Holden Racing Team will be on the grid as you see it until at least the end of 2021, which is fantastic," Triple Eight's commercial operations manager and co-owner Jessica Dane told Fox Sports. Red Bull drivers Jamie Whincup and Shane Van Gisbergen head into this weekend's Townsville 400 well behind DJR pair Scott McLaughlin and Fabian Coulthard. All Rights Reserved. Supercars bought the rights to the Bathurst 12 Hour four years ago, so it has the ability to use the Bathurst race weekend – a rare commodity – for both categories. The team has also secured primary sponsor Red Bull for the same time period despite a difficult 2019 season where Ford rival DJR Team Penske has dominated on the track. The firm’s marketing boss, Kristian Aquilina, says its new Supercars deal is built around the V8 powered ZB Commodore continuing in the series until the end of 2021. Both are sponsored in the main by the respective state governments, which will come under huge budgetary pressure in the next twelve months to two years. Watch a Mustang Supercar get built in three minutes, Cool timelapse footage of Penske Ford Mustang rebuild as DJR gets Scott McLaughlin back on track, Huge crash for Bathurst champion at Gold Coast, Scott McLaughlin involved in massive shunt for qualifying for Gold Coast race, How Supercars hopes to save itself with Gen3 rules, Everything you need to know about Supercars’ Gen3 2022 rules, New Supercars rules could jeopardise Ford’s commitment, A subtle tweak to homologation rules could see Ford step away from Supercars in 2022. Former Supercars broadcaster Seven is unlikely to try and pick the sport up if Ten does depart, with an expensive array of sport already on the books of the cash-strapped network. Government-sponsored events are required by law to be broadcast on free-to-air (FTA) television, but Supercar’s current FTA broadcaster, Ten, has publically stated that it wants out of its limited deal at the end of the 2020 season. The cancellation of the Newcastle round brought an added wrinkle – Supercars was obliged to find a replacement 2020 season finale in NSW, as part of its deal with the current Liberal Party. Discussions have also included the use of hybrid technology. Complicating the issue will be the issue of television rights for the sport, which are also up for renewal at the end of 2020. “From a marketing standpoint, that’s less important, the connection between the powertrain on the track and what’s happening on the road, being detached quite some time ago.”. MORE Monster crash for series champion at Gold Coast race. Subscribe to our daily newsletter, the best way to get your news first, fast, and free! Speedcafe.com has been established to provide a daily motorsport news service to the industry and fans in Australia and internationally. “We've worked with our partners in state and local governments, and over the past two weeks, and the discussions that we've had, we've taken the decision to exclude them from the remainder of this calendar for a range of reasons – notwithstanding the disruption that the residents of those cities have already been through this COVID-19 crisis.”, MORE Virtual motorsport booms as the real thing suffers. Some comments may require approval before being published which can take up to 48 hours. The Gold Coast race, meanwhile, was slated to hold the first-ever night race at a street circuit before it was benched. Holden has previously nailed its colours to the Commodore model amid a study carried out by Walkinshaw Andretti United into developing a Camaro, which as been shelved for now until Supercars changes the control chassis. Both the Gold Coast 600 and the season finale Newcastle 500 street races have been dropped, with Supercars citing logistical uncertainty and the risk of crowd-free events as the reason. The Red Bull Holden Racing Team corporate suite is an exclusive facility which is only open to team partners, affiliates and suppliers. Its contract was extended by five years early in 2020. Monster crash for series champion at Gold Coast race, Virtual motorsport booms as the real thing suffers, Supercars bought the rights to the Bathurst 12 Hour, Everything you need to know about the future of motorsport, one of the great sporting rivalries of the last 30 years, decide the shape of the sport’s next set of regulations. Aquilina admitted that Holden would assess the situation should Supercars undergo a significant rule change. Tickford boss hails team's 'best co-driver line-up' > View, Brown: Fullwood ‘punching above his weight’ at WAU > View, VIDEO: Castrol Bathurst fan livery time-lapse > View, Annual 'family' reunion on hold for members of the Bathurst Hilton > View, Fullwood signs with Walkinshaw Andretti United for 2021 > View, WAU cars carrying Holden thank you at Bathurst > View, Cheeky livery tweak for Supercheap Auto in Bathurst swansong > View, Australian Hugh Barter wins full season in French F4 > View, Couple of days remaining to own Mostert’s WAU Supercar > View, Increased road-going resemblance for Gen3 > View, VIDEO: Red Bull HRT drivers pay tribute to Holden brand > View, The Holden Commodore is set to continue in Supercars for the next two years. “No question mark, Commodore is our contract car and the V8 that has been developed for it will continue on,” he stated when asked if the deal locks in the ZB Commodore for the next two years. “We obviously need enough time to be able to do that too, so on that front, I think we’d need to have that discussion with Supercars and the team through our homologation partner as some of that becomes clearer, but we’ve certainly got no line of sight on that at the moment.”. MORE Everything you need to know about the future of motorsport. The COVID-19 slowdown will make this a very difficult task. Pressed about the possibility of a Camaro being an option for the future, he replied: “Talk about the sphere of influence, we’re only interested in the Commodore with the V8. The Bathurst 1000 is still set to be held on its now-traditional early October date, but it will be joined by a second sprint round in February 2021, on the same weekend as the Bathurst 12-Hour endurance race. Holden is committed to running a V8 Commodore in Supercars for the next two years, ruling out the prospect of a Camaro joining the series in the near future. The forum, populated by representatives from Holden and Ford, allows the marques insight into Supercars’ plans and offers a platform to share their views. Add to Wishlist Quick View. “I mean, they have to maintain equity and fairness in the competition, a few things should be surprises, a few things should be open and transparent. MORE Motorsport's most nefarious criminals. For support, please contact [email protected]. Van Gisbergen is fifth on the standings a further 228 points adrift while seven-time series champion Whincup is sixth and trails McLaughlin by a whopping 556 points. However, with huge economic impacts expected to ripple through the Australian economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic slowdown, it remains to be seen whether the costly events will ever return to the ailing championship. The firm’s marketing boss, Kristian Aquilina, says its new Supercars deal is built around the V8 powered ZB Commodore continuing in the series until the end of 2021. Triple Eight Race Engineering announced on Thursday it had renewed its deal with the manufacturer for two years. “It gives us also an opportunity to provide an input but we’re not necessarily the arbitrators or the determiners of what the future of the sport and how the category is and the cars look like, that’s up to the category. The sport also faces an existential crisis as Holden departs, taking with it one of the great sporting rivalries of the last 30 years. “But it’s great to have a forum for which to express our views and also hear what they’ve got on their mind, so through that forum we’ve got, I think, a fairly good view of the future. “Supercars have been very transparent to the extent that they can be,” added Aquilina. Finally, the sport will most likely need to replace its series sponsor, Virgin, when the current deal expires at the end of 2020. A factory-backed Holden team will remain on the Supercars grid until at least the end of the 2021 championship. “We talk to GM all the time and the only conversation we have is about Commodore.”. Users are encouraged to flag/report comments which should be removed. Supercars bought the rights to the Bathurst 12 Hour four years ago, so it has the ability to use the Bathurst race weekend – a rare commodity – for both categories. This corporate suite provides a premium environment to host your valued clients whilst having the opportunity to interact with other key Team Partners. Add to cart. A draft calendar of 13 events has been released, with Sydney Motorsport Park the first after a three-and-a-half-month break - but missing from the draft is two of the sport’s crown jewels. That’s our hardware, it’s what we’ve built our plans around. Incumbent broadcaster Foxtel is under its own budgetary pressures, too, with the decimation of mainstream sport and a resultant slump in subscriptions resulting in staff layoffs. a manufacturers council, which hosted its first meeting in May. Holden’s last Supercars agreement included the development of a V6 turbo power plant that was last year abandoned in favour of continuing with the V8 engine. © Copyright Are Media Pty Limited. An endurance event at The Bend in South Australia will precede the Bathurst 1000, while a single event is set down for New Zealand in January – another potential logistic hot spot ahead of the Bathurst sprint round. After the departure of its primary sponsor, Team 23Red will exit the championship, with renowned racer Will Davison losing his drive in the team’s Ford Mustang. The Townsville 400 gets underway on Friday with two half-hour practice sessions at the Reid Park street circuit before a 200km race each on Saturday and Sunday. There are still quite a few seats without confirmed drivers for the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season, despite many recent confirmations. Supercars will fire up its compromised 2020 championship in front of empty stands next month, but that appears to be the least of the sport’s problems as it looks towards next year. The racing entitlement contract to run the former 23Red car will remain with Tickford, with James Courtney bringing Boost Mobile sponsorship to run the Mustang as part of the team's the four-car squad. A factory-backed Holden team will remain on the Supercars grid until at least the end of the 2021 championship. “They're marquee events for Supercars for NSW and Queensland," said Supercars CEO Sean Seamer in a statement. International freight forwarding is also under huge pressure, thanks to the contraction of the worldwide aviation industry, with a knock-on effect on sea freight logistics. Seamer has been quoted as saying that the reports are "pure speculation.". The WhichCar Network: Everything car buyers need and car lovers want. "Big news that Red Bull and Holden have signed on for a little bit longer," Whincup said. If a pure cable television model is signed off, then government sponsorship will likely decrease, potentially making the street events uneconomical to pursue.

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